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Was it a member of the aristocracy that penned Shakespeare's plays?
Jonathan Bate debunks the conspiracy theories behind.
  1. Was it a member of the aristocracy that penned Shakespeare's plays?
    02:15
    Was it a member of the aristocracy that penned Shakespeare's plays?
  2. The author explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
    05:07
    The author explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
  3. Michael Morpurgo sings The Old Barbed Wire
    03:52
    Michael Morpurgo sings The Old Barbed Wire
  4. Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake's conceptions of Hamlet
    04:00
    Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake's conceptions of Hamlet
  5. Julian Clary and illustrator David Roberts on drawing a hyena
    03:30
    Julian Clary and illustrator David Roberts on drawing a hyena
  6. Being Lear
    08:47
    Being Lear
  7. Andrew Davies: 'Les Misérables needs a champion'
    01:20
    Andrew Davies: 'Les Misérables needs a champion'
  8. What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
    01:37
    What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
  9. Marlon James reads from A Brief History of Seven Killings
    10:32
    Marlon James reads from A Brief History of Seven Killings
  10. Caitlin Moran reads from her latest book Moranifesto
    06:01
    Caitlin Moran reads from her latest book Moranifesto
  11. Thomas Keneally on the girl in red in Schindler's List
    07:45
    Thomas Keneally on the girl in red in Schindler's List
  12. Fay Weldon reads an extract from her new novel Before the War
    02:36
    Fay Weldon reads an extract from her new novel Before the War
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